Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-14
THE ATLANTIC WINS AGAIN.
The Yachts Start I'm the English Way,
Hut They Finish In the Fashioned
American Ssyloy With NO Wind.

From the New York Sun. to-day,
FAMILIAR rendition OF the motto on the red
and-white crest OF the Corinthian Yacht Club is,
1--WE strive to get there" and they partly sue
ceeded In their ambitious design in their maiden
races yesterday. The Cythera was nrst across,
setting her spinnaker as she new away; but she
happened to be little previous her owner mis-
taxing the preparatory for the starting whistle.
While she was taking in her spinnaker and wear
Ing snip to get back to the north OF the line the
big sfngle-stickers crossed, setting spinnakers
to port as they did so. The 0alatea got over FIRST
The big sloop had acquired momentum by being
longer on the wind and drew rapidly away from
the cutter. The yachts OF the first, second, and
fourth class crossed thus: Uldia Gutter, Cinde-
rella, Fanita, Stranger lcutter), Huron lcutter,,
Vision, The belated Cythera led the little boats
over: they were timed from 11H whistle, and
bounded away In this order: Kangaroo, Delvyn,
Fay, Beatrice. and CLEAN. 1e'D' 1''''' 01'p'''
half way to buoy 10, inside the HOOK, and sails
crestless rolls. The cutter stranger took an
roll and rounded buoy 10 1 rst.s All the Yachts
took In spinnakers and 1ibed to port preparatory
TO turning aa the buoy The Atlantic rounded at
Uudia- A i1ne northerly breeze sprang up just as
did not expect it, and kept up their balion iS1op
sails, which they had set to catch ali they
coul0 get OF the light air stirring inside.
the strong hood tide until the breeze came along.
Then the Galatea, which had worked out ahead OF
splendid style, With the pride OF Bay RidSe In
close chase The Stranger, which had been leading
was quickly dropped astern even by the big yawl
ness-hke CELEBRITY. The wind got up to a twenty
mile rate, and the cautious Galatea gathered in
her balloon 1ibtopsall The Atlantic tried to get
to the stay SO she Iuffed for half minute to get
II IN. The Galatea got an eighth OF mile lead on
n % ana seemed to be increasing it until the At.
closed the gap rapidly.
The GaIatea set a similar sail too late to help
Jtbtopsail until the wind lowered it for her by
swapping of her topmast close to the head, bring
Ing down her club tOpsail also She would have
win but for this mishap At a:iS the Atlantic
tried TO pass to w1ndward of the Galatea, which
luiied up TO head her rival on. The head sails Of
then the Atlantic dropped astern OF the cutter
and walked through her lee. 1t was
work In the long swells never once dipping
her bowsprlt, while the Galateas nose
pole frequently flushed the waves and OCCASION
rounded the red nghtship at $50 and the Gala
tea at 2:35:15 Tine sOOp thus beat the cutter .
minutes and seconds from the point OF the Hook.
run In to the point, and the Galatea made the dis
lance in Al minutes and As seconds, or 35 seconds
faster than the Atlantic. The race virtually ended
here. The wind gradually grew SO light that the
strong ebb tide setting out Kept the larger yachts
four hours beating TO the finish. The Atlantic
came in at twilight, leading the fleet that sailed
outside.
The sixth class yachts went over an inside
course OF % miles, and the seventh and eighth
classes over 15-mlle course. The Atlantic beat
the Galatea minutes and SO seconds. The
Stranger had no competition. The Cinderella won
IN her class, beating the cutter Huron % minutes
and So seconds. The cutter Ultdia won in her
class her rival, the Fantta, not finishing. In the
sixth class the Culprtt Fay beat the Beatrice IL
minutes and9 seconds The Kangaroo VanQutshed
the Alexander +. by 3 minutes and IA seconds.
The CLEAN had a walkOver. The Cythera came
home behind tug.
Now the Atlantic and the Galatea will go to
Marblehead and see what they can do against the
MaynOWer and Puritan in the races there on June
FL.